Hospital Corps Quarterly, Issues 8-11

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United States, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery., 1919 - Disabled veterans
 

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Page 40 - ... carefully examine the transit permit and note the name of the passenger in charge, and of any others proposing to accompany the body, and see that all necessary precautions have been taken to prevent the spread of the disease. The transit permit in such cases shall specifically state who is authorized by the health authorities to accompany the remains.
Page 40 - Every dead body must be accompanied by a person in charge, who must be provided with a passage ticket, and also present a full firstclass ticket marked "corpse...
Page 60 - That hereafter immediately upon official notification of the death from wounds or disease not the result of his own misconduct of any officer or enlisted man on the active list of the...
Page 40 - In cases of contagious, infectious or communicable diseases, the body must not be accompanied by persons or articles which have been exposed to the infection of...
Page 40 - ... of dry cotton not less than one inch thick, and all wrapped in a sheet securely fastened, and encased in an air-tight metallic coffin or casket, or an air-tight metal-lined box.
Page 40 - ... and enveloping the entire body with a layer of cotton not less than one inch thick, and all wrapped in a sheet...
Page 39 - ... and stopping of all orifices with absorbent cotton, and (c) washing the body with the disinfectant, all of which must be done by an embalmer holding a certificate as such approved by< the State Board of Health or other state health authority.
Page 66 - RULE 1. A transit permit and transit label issued by the proper health authorities shall be required for each dead body transported by common carrier. The transit permit shall state the name, sex, color and age of the deceased, the cause and date of death, the...
Page 40 - The whole duplicate copy shall be sent to the official in charge of the baggage department of the initial line, and by him to the Secretary of State or Provincial Board of Health of the State or Province from which said shipment was made.
Page 99 - System. The fundamental unit of the metric system is the METER — the unit of length. From this the units of capacity (LITER) and of weight (GRAM) were derived.

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